Breakdown of Dus we krijgen de werkwijze echt te zien voordat we de punten toekennen.
zien
to see
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
krijgen
to get (receive)
dus
so, therefore
echt
real; really (genuinely)
het punt
the point / the score
te
to (infinitive marker)
voordat
before
de werkwijze
the method / the procedure (way of working)
toekennen
to assign / to award (to grant)
Questions & Answers about Dus we krijgen de werkwijze echt te zien voordat we de punten toekennen.
What is the difference between saying we zien and we krijgen te zien in this sentence?
We zien just means "we see". By using krijgen te zien, the sentence emphasizes that the working method is being revealed or shown to us by someone else. This structure (krijgen + te + infinitive) is used to express receiving information or an experience, matching the English phrase "getting to see" or "being shown".
Why is the word order Dus we krijgen instead of Dus krijgen we?
The word dus (so) is flexible. It can act as an adverb, which puts it in Position 1 and triggers inversion (Dus krijgen we...). However, especially in spoken Dutch, dus is frequently used as a coordinating conjunction that sits outside the main clause at Position 0. When it sits in Position 0, the normal subject-verb order is maintained, giving us Dus we krijgen...
Toekennen is a separable verb (toe + kennen). Why isn't it split up at the end of the sentence?
The word voordat (before) introduces a subordinate clause. In a subordinate clause, all verbs are pushed to the very end. When a finite separable verb is pushed to the end of a clause like this, its prefix (toe) and the verb stem (kennen) reunite and are written together as one single word.
How is the noun werkwijze constructed?
It is a compound word combining werk (work) and wijze (manner, way, or mode). Together, de werkwijze translates to the method, procedure, or the specific way a task is carried out.
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